| 单词 | jack lamp |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjack lamp jack lamp n. †(a) a Davy lamp in which the gauze is shielded by a glass cylinder (obsolete); (b) U.S. a portable lamp used as a jacklight (see jacklight n.) for hunting or fishing at night (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > [noun] > light jack lamp1853 jack-lantern1875 1853 N. Wood On Safety Lamps Lighting Coal Mines 14 in Trans. North of Eng. Inst. Mining Engineers 1 Jack Lamp, being a common Davy, with an outside glass cylinder half way up the Lamp, leaving about 3 inches of the wire gauze exposed. 1875 Amer. Reg. 25 Sept. (London ed.) 8/2 Pelts and horns, jack lamps, moccasins. 1916 Trans. Inst. Mining Engineers 1915–1916 51 648 The safety of the lamp was increased by the use of a cylindrical glass shield, as in the ‘Jack’ lamp. 1931 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 20 Nov. 1/6 (headline) New Hampshire authorities act to end ‘Jack-lamp’ deer hunting. < as lemmas |
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